Rainy Capital

Waterfront, Alexandria

Market Square - Alexandria

D.C. 2000

Fishing Boat

Watercolor, 19.75x25.25"

2053

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Image of Alexandria VA

Acrylic on panel, 23.75x30"

2053

0

Carlyle House, Alexandria

Watercolor, 18x23"

2053

0

Carlyle House - Alexandria VA

Watercolor, 18x24"

2053

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Işıl Özışık was born in Kırklareli in 1939. In his middle and high school time, he studied painting with Ömer Hatipoğlu, Turgut Zaim, Cemal Bingöl and Eşref Üren. In 1963, he graduated from the Archaeology Department in the Faculty of Letters at Ankara University. He became a painter after working as an assistant at the University for 3 years. Since 1991, Özışık has painted in water colors. He has had over 70 solo exhibitions and participated in many group exhibitions in Turkey and abroad. His works can be seen in public and private collections in Turkey and foreign countries. Currently, Özışık lives in Turkey and the USA and continues painting. He is a member of the Washington Society of Landscape Painters in the USA.

Awards:

1972, Turkey Watercolor Group Competition, Second prize

1974, Ankara Arts Graphics Painting Competition, Merit Bonus

1975, Ankara Arts Graphics Painting Competition, Merit Bonus

1980, Artists’ Club Best Painter for Watercolor

1993, Washington the Art League American Landscape Competition, Grand Prize

1995, Washington the Art League American Landscape Competition, Grand Prize